Assistant Project Accountant

Assistant Project Accountant

Responsibilities As an Assistant Project Accountant at Brasfield & Gorrie, you will play a vital role in supporting our construction project teams, managing the accounting and billing processes, and ensuring financial accuracy. Essential duties include:

• Accounts Receivable and Billing: Meet with project team to confirm contract terms necessary for accurate accounting and owner billings, balancing billings to job cost. Prepare and process customer billings for time and materials, cost-plus fixed fee, and firm fixed price contracts on a schedule of values in accordance with contract requirements. Provide billing backup details and balance billings against job costs when applicable.
• Subcontractor Review: Review and process subcontractor pay applications, including percent of completion, retainage percent and amount.
• Expense Processing: Analyze online purchase orders and purchase order change orders for accurate calculations, including sales tax. Analyze tax amounts charged on expense reports, miscellaneous invoices, and purchase orders. Process high volumes of virtual miscellaneous invoices, expense reports, purchase orders, and subcontractor pay applications. Track, process, and maintain detail logs for owner direct purchases, where applicable. Request and obtain valid W-9s for new vendors.
• Collaboration and Information Flow: Work with operations to enhance the flow of information to the project accounting team. Provide support for vendor and subcontractor inquiries.
• Other Duties: Process journal entries into the E1 accounting system. Set up contractual rates for projects utilizing information provided by the project accountant and project teams. Support project accounting needs with additional duties as assigned.

Education - Skills - Knowledge - Qualifications & Experience: 1-3 years of accounting experience. Construction accounting experience strongly preferred. Comfortable working in a paperless environment. Experience with sales and use tax calculations and accruals for multiple states. Proficiency in Microsoft applications, especially Excel. Experience working in multiple accounting systems (i.e. Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Textura, Concur, OnBase, ProCore). Strong research and problem-solving skills. Excellent customer service skills both internal and external. Strong communication skills both oral and written. Actively and effectively work in a team environment. Detail oriented, organized, and comfortable managing multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. The above description covers the principal duties and responsibilities of the job. The description shall not, however, be construed as a complete listing of all miscellaneous, incidental, or similar duties which may be required from day-to-day. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.